Patents by Inventor Lachlan Bruce Michael

Lachlan Bruce Michael has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20180027096
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method that efficiently broadcast IP packets to ensure a quick process. A transmission packet including the IP packet is transmitted and received. A header in the transmission packet is constituted of type information and length information. The type information expresses whether an IP header and a UDP header are compressed. The length information expresses a length of the transmission packet to transmit the IP packet including a UDP packet. A payload in the transmission packet is constituted of a destination IP address and a destination port number or a destination index made correspond to the destination IP address and the destination port number and a payload in the UDP packet. The present technology is, for example, applicable to the broadcast of the IP packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lachlan Bruce MICHAEL, Kazuyuki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20170331576
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception device, a reception method, a transmission device, and a transmission method, which are capable of implementing a high transmission rate by effectively utilizing a frequency band in channel bonding. A reception device receives a plurality of divisional streams obtained by distributing baseband (BB) frames of a BB stream which is as a stream of BB frames to a plurality of data slices and reconstructs an original BB stream on the basis of reconfiguration information which is in included in transmission control information and used for reconstructing the original BB stream from the plurality of divisional streams transmitted through the non-neighboring frequency bands when the plurality of divisional streams are transmitted through non-neighboring frequency bands. The present technology can be applied to, for example, channel bonding such as PLP bundling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: LACHLAN BRUCE MICHAEL, NAOKI YOSHIMOCHI, MAKIKO YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170223769
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method that enable channel selection information and time information to be transmitted effectively. A transmission apparatus acquires channel selection information for selecting a service and time information used for synchronizations on a transmission side and a reception side, generates, as a physical layer frame constituted of a preamble and a data portion, the physical layer frame in which specific information including at least one of the channel selection information and the time information is arranged at a head of the data portion right after the preamble, and transmits the physical layer frame as digital broadcast signals. The present technology is applicable to IP packet broadcasting, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki TAKAHASHI, Lachlan Bruce MICHAEL
  • Publication number: 20170201337
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmission device, a transmission method, a reception device, and a reception method that realize a process related to emergency warning information in DVB-T2 standard more promptly at a low power consumption. There is provided a transmission device including an emergency warning information acquisition unit configured to acquire emergency warning information, a content acquisition unit configured to acquire content, a transmission frame generation unit configured to generate a T2 frame including emergency warning notification information indicating that emergency warning information is being transmitted in P1 signaling or L1-pre signaling as a T2 frame, according to DVB-T2 standard, composed of a P1 symbol including P1 signaling, a P2 symbol including L1-pre signaling, and a symbol of data, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the T2 frame as a digital broadcast signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lachlan Bruce MICHAEL, Takuya OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170188063
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmission device, a transmission method, a reception device, and a reception method that can improve transmission efficiency. An encoded signal is generated based on realtime data indicated by a waveform L using a predetermined fixed bit rate as a maximum code amount Sx and the encoded signal into which non-realtime data with an insufficient code amount is inserted is transmitted at the fixed bit rate, as indicated by a range Z12, when a code amount of the generated encoded signal is insufficient for the maximum code amount Sx. The present technology can be applied to broadcasting communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: KAZUYUKI TAKAHASHI, LACHLAN BRUCE MICHAEL
  • Publication number: 20170134469
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a data processing apparatus, a data processing method, and a program capable of achieving reduction in costs of a reception device that receives a GSE packet. A GSE-Lite packet construction section constructs GSE-Lite packet including GSE-Lite signaling, which is signaling for identifying whether data is the GSE-Lite packet in a data link layer of an open systems interconnection (OSI) reference model, by using, as a target, only a protocol data unit (PDU) whose maximum size is limited to a predetermined limit size of 4096 bytes or less, where the GSE-Lite packet is a generic stream encapsulation (GSE) packet having the PDU placed in a data field. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a case of transmitting the GSE packet and a case of receiving the GSE packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Lachlan Bruce Michael
  • Publication number: 20160094895
    Abstract: A transmitter for transmitting payload data and emergency information using data symbols in a single-carrier or multi-carrier broadcast system includes a modulator configured to modulate one or more transmission symbols with signaling data for use in detecting and recovering the payload data at a receiver and to modulate one or more transmission symbols with the payload data. An emergency information receiver receives emergency information carrying information of an actual emergency. An emergency information embedder embeds emergency information into one or more transmission symbols, wherein the emergency information is embedded within a predetermined time period after its reception by using a resource used for carrying signaling data and/or payload data if no emergency information shall be transmitted. A transmission unit transmits the transmission symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Lothar STADELMEIER, Makiko KAN, Nabil LOGHIN, Daniel SCHNEIDER, Jan ZOELLNER, Lachlan Bruce MICHAEL, Yuji SHINOHARA, Samuel Asangbeng ATUNGSIRI, Gholam Hosein ASJADI, Matthew Paul Athol TAYLOR
  • Patent number: 9172497
    Abstract: A data processing device and a data processing method that can readily process control data having its PAPR improved. In a transmission device, a padder pads control data necessary for demodulation with zeros as dummy data, and a scrambler scrambles the padded control data (post-padding control data). A replacement unit replaces scrambled dummy data in the scrambled post-padding control data with the dummy data, and a BCH encoder and an LDPC encoder perform BCH encoding and LDPC encoding as error correction encoding on the replacement data obtained through the replacement. A shortening unit performs shortening by deleting the dummy data contained in the LDPC code and puncturing the parity bits of the LDPC code. The device can be applied in cases where control data is subjected to error correction encoding and is then transmitted, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Shinya, Takashi Yokokawa, Lachlan Bruce Michael
  • Publication number: 20150264426
    Abstract: Plural streams are synthesized into one stream, and preferable transmission and reception of the synthesized stream to and from an external device is realized. Transport stream packets of plural transport streams are synthesized to create a synthesized stream, and the created synthesized stream is transmitted to an external device. In this transmission, a count information adding area provided in each of the transport stream packets is brought into a state to which a particular count value is added for each of the transport stream packets of the synthesized stream. This configuration notifies the external device that a function for handling packet order switching based on count information is not provided, and receives from the external device a synthesized stream containing the respective transport stream packets arranged in the same order as the order of the transport stream packets at the time of transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Yuichi Hirayama, Satoshi Okada, Lachlan Bruce Michael, Tamotsu Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20150248364
    Abstract: Plural streams are synthesized into one stream, and preferable transmission and reception of the synthesized stream to and from an external device is realized. Transport stream packets of plural transport streams are synthesized to create a synthesized stream, and the created synthesized stream is transmitted to an external device. In this transmission, a count information adding area provided in each of the transport stream packets is brought into a state to which a particular count value is added for each of the transport stream packets of the synthesized stream. This configuration notifies the external device that a function for handling packet order switching based on count information is not provided, and receives from the external device a synthesized stream containing the respective transport stream packets arranged in the same order as the order of the transport stream packets at the time of transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Yuichi Hirayama, Satoshi Okada, Lachlan Bruce Michael, Tamotsu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8885107
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, and a program capable of appropriately demodulating a desired signal from a multiplexed signal obtained by multiplexing a plurality of signals. A preamble signal is detected from a multiplexed signal obtained by multiplexing a plurality of signals. When information for discriminating each of the signals that is contained in the preamble signal indicates a first signal, demodulation by a demodulator is continued and the first signal is demodulated. When information for discriminating each of the signals that is contained in the preamble signal indicates a second signal, demodulation is not performed by stopping the demodulation by the demodulator. The present technology can be applied to a signal processing device that processes signals for digital broadcasting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yokokawa, Lachlan Bruce Michael, Yuken Goto, Kenichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20140328354
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a data processing apparatus, a data processing method, and a program capable of achieving reduction in costs of a reception device that receives a GSE packet. A GSE-Lite packet construction section constructs GSE-Lite packet including GSE-Lite signaling, which is signaling for identifying whether data is the GSE-Lite packet in a data link layer of an open systems interconnection (OSI) reference model, by using, as a target, only a protocol data unit (PDU) whose maximum size is limited to a predetermined limit size of 4096 bytes or less, where the GSE-Lite packet is a generic stream encapsulation (GSE) packet having the PDU placed in a data field. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a case of transmitting the GSE packet and a case of receiving the GSE packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Lachlan Bruce Michael
  • Publication number: 20140314103
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a data processing device, a data processing method, and a program capable of realizing low cost of a reception device receiving a GSE packet conforming to DVB-GSE. An sGSE packet structuring unit sets, as a target, only a PDU (Protocol Data Unit) of which a maximum size is restricted to a predetermined restriction size equal to or less than 4096 bytes and structures an sGSE packet which is a GSE packet in which the PDU is deployed in a data field and which conforms to DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting)-GSE (Generic Stream Encapsulation). The present technology is applicable, for example, when the GSE packet is transmitted or received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Lachlan Bruce Michael
  • Patent number: 8842223
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmitter apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and a transmitter system capable of easily transmitting a wideband signal. The transmitter apparatus includes: a first acquisition unit that obtains first transmission control information; a second acquisition unit that obtains second transmission control information similar to information input to another transmitter apparatus; and a generating unit that processes transmission target data based on a parameter contained in the first transmission control information and generates data including the processed transmission target data and the second transmission control information. The present technology can be applied to a transmitter apparatus that transmits a DVB-C2 signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Lachlan Bruce Michael, Takashi Yokokawa, Naoki Yoshimochi, Takahiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20130342764
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, and a program capable of appropriately demodulating a desired signal from a multiplexed signal obtained by multiplexing a plurality of signals. A preamble signal is detected from a multiplexed signal obtained by multiplexing a plurality of signals. When information for discriminating each of the signals that is contained in the preamble signal indicates a first signal, demodulation by a demodulator is continued and the first signal is demodulated. When information for discriminating each of the signals that is contained in the preamble signal indicates a second signal, demodulation is not performed by stopping the demodulation by the demodulator. The present technology can be applied to a signal processing device that processes signals for digital broadcasting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Yokokawa, Lachlan Bruce Michael, Yuken Goto, Kenichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20130321707
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmitter apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and a transmitter system capable of easily transmitting a wideband signal. The transmitter apparatus includes: a first acquisition unit that obtains first transmission control information; a second acquisition unit that obtains second transmission control information similar to information input to another transmitter apparatus; and a generating unit that processes transmission target data based on a parameter contained in the first transmission control information and generates data including the processed transmission target data and the second transmission control information. The present technology can be applied to a transmitter apparatus that transmits a DVB-C2 signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Lachlan Bruce Michael, Takashi Yokokawa, Naoki Yoshimochi, Takahiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20130246883
    Abstract: A data processing device and a data processing method that can readily process control data having its PAPR improved. In a transmission device, a padder pads control data necessary for demodulation with zeros as dummy data, and a scrambler scrambles the padded control data (post-padding control data). A replacement unit replaces scrambled dummy data in the scrambled post-padding control data with the dummy data, and a BCH encoder and an LDPC encoder perform BCH encoding and LDPC encoding as error correction encoding on the replacement data obtained through the replacement. A shortening unit performs shortening by deleting the dummy data contained in the LDPC code and puncturing the parity bits of the LDPC code. The device can be applied in cases where control data is subjected to error correction encoding and is then transmitted, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Shinya, Takashi Yokokawa, Lachlan Bruce Michael
  • Patent number: 8509328
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: an acquisition section configured to acquire an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signal composed resultingly of signals transmitted by the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing method from a plurality of transmission apparatuses; a correction value calculation block configured to calculate a correction value for correcting a drift amount of the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signal using the phase of either a first pilot signal or a second pilot signal extracted from the acquired orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signal, the first pilot signal being obtained from pilot signals which are in phase with one another coming from the plurality of transmission apparatuses, the second pilot signal being acquired from pilot signals which are out of phase with one another coming from the plurality of transmission apparatuses; and a correction block configured to correct the drift amount of the orthogonal frequency division multiple
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Lachlan Bruce Michael, Yuken Goto, Kenichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8374264
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a signal processing apparatus, including: a computation device operable to perform transform computation adapted to Fourier-transform a time domain OFDM i.e., Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing signal into a frequency domain OFDM signal; a processing device operable to perform carrier frequency offset detection adapted to detect an estimated carrier frequency offset that is an error of a carrier used for demodulation of the OFDM signal; and a carrier frequency offset correction device operable to perform carrier frequency offset correction adapted to correct the carrier frequency offset of the frequency domain OFDM signal in accordance with the estimated carrier frequency offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Kobayashi, Yuken Goto, Takuya Okamoto, Lachlan Bruce Michael
  • Patent number: 8045658
    Abstract: A reception apparatus includes: an extraction section; a transmission line characteristic estimation section; an estimation section; a frequency shift amount production section; a control section; an addition section; a first frequency shifting section; a second frequency shifting section; an interpolation section; a compensation section; a detection section; and an operation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kawauchi, Tadaaki Yuba, Tamotsu Ikeda, Koji Naniwada, Kazuhiro Shimizu, Lachlan Bruce Michael